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The Department of Health has awarded 30 voluntary sector projects grants totalling over £4 million as part of the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development (IESD)…

Affinity staff member Leah Whelan has made it through to the national finals of a major competition showcasing excellence in social care. Leah, 25, a…

Help the Hospices today calls on the Government to transform care for dying people by backing a ground-breaking programme aimed at reducing the number of…

Cuts to social care funding have reached £3.53 billion over the past four years, a survey published today by the Association of Directors of Adult…

There has been an increase in the percentage of patients receiving ‘Harm Free Care’2 according to data released by the Health and Social Care Information…

Future generations of pensioners face a bleak future unless Government addresses the long term challenges of working age poverty, argues the International Longevity Centre –…

Central Government will commit to buying locally-sourced food through a new food and drink buying standard, which will aim to cut waste, according to newly-appointed…

While fees paid last year saw a small uplift (though still failing to match inflation) which provided some respite to operators, this year’s findings signal…

Research from older people’s charity, Independent Age, has been used in Parliament to highlight the issue of unfair care home top-up fees. Thousands of families…

A Droitwich man has helped raise more than £50,000 for a group of disabled residents at a Birmingham care home over the last ten years,…

Stocks Hall Nursing & Care home in Skelmersdale held a special party to celebrate Prince George’s first birthday. People living at the home enjoyed a fabulous…

Javelin superstar and Commonwealth Games medal hopeful Goldie Sayers will draw Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Annual Raffle in host city Glasgow next month. The popular athlete…

Care Minister Norman Lamb has said he is ‘delighted’ with CMG’s latest initiative, which ensures the learning disabilities services provider continues to put the people…

The Independent Age ‘End the Secret Subsidy’ campaign revealed that around three-quarters of councils are failing to protect families from paying unnecessary ‘top-up’ fees for…